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Waipiʻo Valley access road will remain closed under the mayor’s Waipiʻo Valley Road Emergency Rule No. 1 until further notice, the mayor’s office stated.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is reporting two additional cases of monkeypox cases in Hawai‘i.

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced weekly lane closures for the week of Sept. 3-9.

Hawaiian Electric has lifted its call for customers to conserve electricity after four days straight of requesting voluntary conservation.

Drop-off recycling bins will be available at the Ocean View Convenience Center, also known as the Ocean View Recycling and Transfer Station, effective Friday, Sept. 2.

Hawai‘i Police Department releases weekly outstanding warrants list.

A Hilo woman is facing an attempted murder charge after reportedly attacking her elderly father-in-law with a knife while he was caring for her 1-year-old daughter.

Footage of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula in 2021 showed glowing lava flows and bubbling cones that were evocative of Hawaiian eruptions.

The state Department of Transportation at noon Friday, Sept. 2, will lift the temporary 12-ton posted weight limit for the Nanue Bridge on Hawai’i Belt Road (Highway 19) at milepost 18.5.

Hawaiian Electric is asking its Big Island customers to continue limiting their use of electricity in the early evenings through Saturday, Sept. 3.

A Puna teen is facing terroristic threatening charges following a threat reportedly made on a school bus Wednesday evening.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health recommends the use of the first bivalent booster vaccines designed specifically to protect against original COVID-19 and the most common forms of COVID-19 in Hawai‘i.

The county Office of Housing and Community Development will open the waiting list for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, or Section 8, later this month.

The community stepped up earlier this summer for keiki in need and the Hawaiʻi Police Department says mahalo.

Military units are scheduled to conduct training at Pōhakuloa Training Area in September that might be heard by surrounding communities.

Hawaiian Electric customers on Hawai‘i Island can expect to see lower rates this month as oil prices significantly drop for the first time since spring.

Coral scientists, biologists and managers from throughout the nation who are in Hawai‘i for the 45th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting got up close and personal Wednesday, Aug. 31, with coral colonies in waters of the Big Island’s Kealakekua Bay.

Police Chief Paul Ferreira has retired from Hawai‘i Police Department effective today.

Big Island police continue their crackdown on motorists who drive under the influence of an intoxicant.

So far, so good. That’s the word from Hawaiian Electric as it continues to ask Big Island electricity customers to reduce their electricity use, especially in the early evening hours.